The effect of mouse twinfilin-1 on the structure and dynamics of monomeric actin.

Veronika Takács-Kollár, Miklós Nyitrai, Gábor Hild

Biochimica et biophysica acta 2016 Jul

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The effect of twinfilin-1 on the structure and dynamics of monomeric actin was investigated with fluorescence spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry experiments. Fluorescence anisotropy measurements proved that G-actin and twinfilin-1 could form a complex. Due to the formation of the complexes the dissociation of the nucleotide slowed down from the nucleotide-binding pocket of actin. Fluorescence quenching experiments showed that the accessibility of the actin bound ε-ATP decreased in the presence of twinfilin-1. Temperature dependent fluorescence resonance energy transfer and differential scanning calorimetry experiments revealed that the protein matrix of actin becomes more rigid and more heat resistant in the presence of twinfilin-1. The results suggest that the nucleotide binding cleft shifted into a more closed and stable conformational state of actin in the presence of twinfilin-1. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Veronika Takács-Kollár, Miklós Nyitrai, Gábor Hild. The effect of mouse twinfilin-1 on the structure and dynamics of monomeric actin. Biochimica et biophysica acta. 2016 Jul;1864(7):840-6